The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is asking the Commonwealth’s art teachers and students to get started on this year’s Adopt-a-Highway Art Contest and submit their entries before the deadline on Oct. 31.

The Adopt-a-Highway Program’s Art Contest is held annually to increase public awareness about the damaging effects of litter, change attitudes and behaviors about littering and educate Kentuckians about the Adopt-a-Highway program.

Entries must be postmarked on or before Oct. 31, to be considered for this year’s contest.

The Carroll County Retired Teachers Association met Sept. 15, at Two Rivers Restaurant with 10 members in attendance. President Cassandra McBurney welcomed everyone to the meeting. The minutes of the May meeting were read by secretary Donna Wallace and were approved as read. The treasurer’s report was given and approved.

A 15-year-old Carroll County juvenile was sentenced Aug. 30, for underage drinking. But this was a unique situation. This was a mock trial for the newly created Carroll County Teen Court, where teens served as the prosecution, defense, jury and bailiff in a case before District Court Judge Elizabeth Chandler.

While this may have been for practice, it was the last that would be pretend, as the Teen Court will begin hearing real cases in September.

A 15-year-old Carroll County juvenile was sentenced Aug. 30, for underage drinking. But this was a unique situation. This was a mock trial for the newly created Carroll County Teen Court, where teens served as the prosecution, defense, jury and bailiff in a case before District Court Judge Elizabeth Chandler.

While this may have been for practice, it was the last that would be pretend, as the Teen Court will begin hearing real cases in September.

The City of Carrollton and the Carroll County Board of Education agreed to a contract at the Aug. 24, Board of Education meeting, placing a school resource officer at Carroll County High School.

Carrollton Police Chief Mike Willhoite said Wednesday that the school resource officer will be Officer Tim Gividen. Gividen is currently working in code enforcement, and his replacement has not yet been named, he said.